Unidentified Photographer

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Unidentified Photographer
Two views of the crew training for the first mission to another world, Apollo 8, November 1968. The first numbered 'NASA S-68-50269' in red on the recto u.l. margin, NASA MSC caption on the verso; the second numbered 'NASA S-68-53283' in black on the recto u.l. margin, NASA MSC caption on the verso. One vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso and one gelatin silver print, image sizes to 6 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (16.0 x 24.0 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Scattered minor handling crimps.

N.B. The crew is training in the Apollo mission simulator (first image) and the centrifuge (second image). Apollo 8 had been scheduled to test the lunar module in Earth orbit, but it was not ready to fly. So the schedule was juggled and Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders became the first astronauts to ride the gigantic Saturn V booster into space. Their mission was to break the grip of Earth gravity and to fly around the Moon and back. 'We changed our plans on Apollo 8,' remembered Lovell. 'They changed the mission from an Earth orbital type to a flight to the Moon. And it was a bold move. It had some risky aspects to it. But it was a time when we made bold moves' (from the movie In The Shadow of the Moon, 2007).
Estimate $400-600


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